 The students should be posted where they will get maximum supervision from clinical

supervisors and qualified nursing staff

 Each student should get all the experience on rotation wise
 Overcrowding in any clinical area should be avoided
 Avoid overlapping of work
 All students should enter and leave the particular clinical area at the same time and
should complete the assignments in time
 Continuity in clinical area is needed

Advantages

1. Every student should be exposed to all experience

2. Supervision will be easy
3. Overcrowding can be avoided
4. Reduce confusion among teachers and students
5. Students can fullfill all the objectives
 Indian nursing council requirements i.e the individual schools have the freedom to
organize the clinical experience the way they choose but all must meet the minimum
prescribe by the council
 Number of staff nurse employed to provide to provide nursing services in the
hospital/field
 Sectors that is solely dependent on student services during day and night
 Sequence of experience required
 Select ward depending on learning experience to be provoided
 Adhere to rotation plan

Basis principles in planning clinical rotation

 The clinical rotation plan must be accordance with the total curriculum plan
 It must be made in advance
 Theoretical instructions should precede closely as possible with clinical experience
simultaneously the ward teaching , case presentations, bed side clinics etc can be
conducted
 The teacher and student raito will be 1:4 or as prescribed by INC or according to the
type of patients nursed eg; in critical acre unit 1:1
 Select the type of learning experience from simple to complex
 Clinical supervisors must be familiar with the rotation plan ; a copy of rotation paln
should be available in each area
Conclusion

It is prepared well in advance for the whole year so that it gives complete and clear
picture about student’s placement either in theory or field during ana academic
session . For each year, it can be prepared separately and or total programme one can
be prepared so that every faculty will be aware of students placements, Thus is helps
both the students and teachers to prepare themselves for working in their consecutive
areas
.
 Bibliography

1. Neerja KP , textbook of nursing education. jaypee brothers , new delhi , Ist edition
,2003 p.n 175-181
2. S Sankarnarayanan B ,Sindhu B, learning and teaching nursing, barinfil publishers
Calicut ,2004, 1 st edition , p.n (77-78)